The Union (professional wrestling)

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The Union
Stable
Members Vince McMahon
Mankind
Ken Shamrock
The Big Show
Test
Name(s) The Union
U.P. Y.O.U.R.S.
Debut May 3, 1999
Disbanded May 31, 1999
Promotions WWF

In professional wrestling, The Union (aka U.P.Y.O.U.R.S.: Union of People You OUghta Respect, Son ) was a stable consisting of former Corporation members Mankind, Ken Shamrock, The Big Show and Test. They came together because they felt they were getting screwed by The Corporation since Shane McMahon usurped power in the stable from his father, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon. The group formed on May 3, 1999, four days after The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness and Shane's Corporation merged to create the Corporate Ministry.

The four Union members were not alone as they feuded with the Corporate Ministry. The ousted chairman Vince McMahon briefly led the Union into battle, and superstars such as The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and WWF Commissioner Shawn Michaels were loosely allied with the Union, as they all had common enemies in the Corporate Ministry.

At Over the Edge, The Union defeated a Corporate Ministry team consisting of The Acolytes, Viscera and Big Bossman in an elimination match.[1]

On May 31, Mankind received several sledgehammer blows to the knee in a hardcore match with Triple H.[2] In reality, Mick Foley had needed knee surgery due to injuries suffered months earlier at Survivor Series[3] and St. Valentine's Day Massacre.[4] He would be unable to wrestle until August 1999. The following week, Mr. McMahon revealed himself as the "Higher Power" which the Undertaker had been taking orders from the entire time he was in command of the Ministry of Darkness, and later the Corporate Ministry. With their lead wrestler injured and their most powerful political ally turning against them, the Union disbanded.

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  1. ^ Over the Edge 1999 Results. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
  2. ^ Foley, Mick [May 2001]. Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker than Wrestling, Paperback, ReganBooks, 177. ISBN 0060393009. 
  3. ^ Foley, Mick [1999-10-31]. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, Hardcover, ReganBooks, 499. ISBN 978-0060392994. 
  4. ^ Foley, Mick [May 2001]. Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker than Wrestling, Paperback, ReganBooks, 98. ISBN 0060393009.